diff --git a/src/interfaces/chain.cpp b/src/interfaces/chain.cpp
index 99cdd226a..6d2df8df0 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/chain.cpp
+++ b/src/interfaces/chain.cpp
@@ -1,47 +1,45 @@
 // Copyright (c) 2018 The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 #include <interfaces/chain.h>
 
 #include <sync.h>
 #include <util/system.h>
 #include <validation.h>
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <utility>
 
 namespace interfaces {
 namespace {
 
     class LockImpl : public Chain::Lock {};
 
     class LockingStateImpl : public LockImpl,
                              public UniqueLock<CCriticalSection> {
         using UniqueLock::UniqueLock;
     };
 
     class ChainImpl : public Chain {
     public:
         std::unique_ptr<Chain::Lock> lock(bool try_lock) override {
             auto result = std::make_unique<LockingStateImpl>(
                 ::cs_main, "cs_main", __FILE__, __LINE__, try_lock);
             if (try_lock && result && !*result) {
                 return {};
             }
-            // std::move necessary on some compilers due to conversion from
-            // LockingStateImpl to Lock pointer
-            return std::move(result);
+            return result;
         }
         std::unique_ptr<Chain::Lock> assumeLocked() override {
             return std::make_unique<LockImpl>();
         }
     };
 
 } // namespace
 
 std::unique_ptr<Chain> MakeChain() {
     return std::make_unique<ChainImpl>();
 }
 
 } // namespace interfaces